Combined match-box case and ash receiver



1,578,316 W ILMA ET AL COMBINED MATCH BOX CASE AND ASH RECEIVER FlledApr11 18 192.5

March 30 1926.

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UNITED STATES A NTY E' wnmo ILMA AND MATT SAAB-31,7011 VTEIRTON, wirsrVIRGINIA.

COMBINED MATCH-BOX CASE AND ASH RECEIVER.

Application filed April 18, 1825. Serial No. 24,020.

tacle for ashes from a cigar or cigarette,-

or for discarded short stubs of cigars or cigarettes.

A further object is to provide a; simple and inexpensive two-compartmentbox or caseof the character mentioned.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of theinvention;

Figure 2 is a section of the same on line Figure 3 is a rear edge view,

Figure 4 is a front edge view, partly in broken section; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section on line 5-5, Fig. 4.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates the top, 2 the bottom, and 3 and4 the opposite side walls of a substantially rec tangular case adaptedfor the snug reception of a pocket match-box of an ordinary commercialsize, said case being open at its opposite ends for theintroduction andremoval of such match box and having the side-wall 8 thereof providedwith an oblongopening 5 for exposing the usual striking surface of anenclosed match box. Said top 1, the bottom 2 and the side wall 3 areformed by shaping a single sheet metal blank, while the wall 4, as willhereinafter be explained, is made of a separate at tached piece of sheetmaterial. o I

A compartment 6 located laterally with respect to the match-box casedescribed is formed, in part, by continuing, or prolonging, the fiatbottom 2 of the case beneath and outward from the side wall 4 throughouta in the same plane as said bottom 2. Formed integral with and extendingupward from it e t e batten} 2F s a Well 7 wh constitutes the opposite'end walls as well as a side wall OfStllCl compartment 6, having ts endportions curved back to meet said side wall 4, as shown. The said curvedportions of said wall 7 have short terminals 8 which are turned inwardlyto overlie the bottom 2. Each of said inturned terminals 8 is providedwith one or. more slit-like apertures 9 in which are received tongues 10formed on the side wall 4 and by which the latter is secured in place,the ends of said tongue being turned backinto seated relation to saidterminals, as shown.

Having hinge connection with the forward end of the top 1, as shown at11, is a cover 12 for the compartment 6, said cover having an edgecontour corresponding'to the wall 7 and having a' resilienttongueclasp13 adapted to engage with the wall 7 for retaining the cover in itsclosed 'po sition.

The compartment 6 is designed to serve as an emergency receiver forburnt matches, cigar or cigarette ashes, partially consumed cigars orcigarettes, and the like.

The bottom 2 of the case is provided with an arcuately curved, orcrescent-shaped, slit or opening 14 whereby is formed a tongue 15 whichmay be pressed inward into yielding binding engagement with the bottomof a match box for retaining the latter againsflcha-nce outwardmovement.

It will be noted that the combination case and receptacle hereindescribed has a form and is capable of being made in a size adapted tobe readily accommodated in the pockets of users.

hat is claimed is 1-. A holder comprising a. case-for match boxes and acontainer for ashes and the like parallel to said case, said holderconsisting of a bottom common to said case and said container, a topwall and a side wall for said case formed integral with said bottomfsaidtop wall being of less length than said bottom wall, an integral uprightcompartment wall formed at the outer edge of said bottom wall, saidcompartment wall being curved back at its ends to form end walls for thecompartment, said end walls 'hav ing inwardly directed terminalsoverlying said bottom, and a wall disposed in transverse overlyingrelation to said bottom and having-its ends attached to said terminals,and a cover for said compartment hinged o the frc it g oo the t p a l.

2. A holder'divicled intermediate its ends into twocompartments, oneof-said compartments constituting an open-ended case for niatehboxesand.the other a container for ashes and the l1ke,"sa'1d'holder coinprisingparallel top and bottom alls and a side wall, said bottom having greaterlength than said top. an upright eompartinent all formed at the frontedge of said bottom and having its "endsturned ba ck to form end wallsfor said container, a trans verse division wall disposed parallel to thesaid side Wall of the case and attached to the end Walls of thecontainer, and a cover for said container hinged to the front edgeofthestop Willh a I tures.

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